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  • adjective statistics Describing a situation in which the rank order of two contributory factors changes at some value

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From dis- +‎ ordinal

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  • Slide 26: MANOVA Interaction  If significant interactions are ordinal, researcher must interpret the interaction term carefully  If significant interaction is disordinal however, main effects of the treatments cannot be interpreted and study must be redesigned (treatments do not represent a consistent effect)

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